THE PEAR. 
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er, but not profuse. Mr. Bergen thinks it will prove a valuable 
market pear. 
Fruit large, elongated, truncate-conic, inclining to pyriform, 
often with sides not symmetric, angular. Skin waxen, lemon 
yellow, finely shaded with crimson and fawn where exposed to 
the sun, and thickly sprinkled with brown and crimson dots. 
Stalk long, rather stout, curved, inserted in a moderate depres- 
sion by a fleshy ling. Calyx small, open, segments stiff ; basin 
small, surrounded by a wavy border. Flesh whitish, veined 
with yellow, a little coarse and gritty, buttery, juicy, melting, 
with a sweet aromatic flavor, delicately perfumed. Ripe last of 
September, and beginning of October. 
Bergamotte Sageret. Sageret. 
Of foreign origin. Tree vigorous and productive. 
Fruit medium, nearly globular, angular. Skin rough, green- 
ish, thickly covered with russet dots, somewhat netted and 
sprinkled with russet. Stalk long and stout, very fleshy at its 
insertion in a cavity of considerable depth. Calyx large, open ; 
segments long, reflexed ; basin small, abrupt. Flesh whitish, 
rather coarse and gritty, very juicy, buttery, melting, with a 
pleasant vinous flavour. October, November. 
Bergamotte d’Esper£n. Esperen. 
Bezy d’Esperen (erroneously). 
Tree vigorous and a good bearer. 
Fruit medium, exceedingly depressed, irregularly pyriform, 
nearly globular. Skin green, thick and rough, covered with 
russet dots and patches. Stalk long and stout, thickened at its 
insertion in a small cavity, at an inclination. Calyx small, closed, 
in a rather deep slightly furrowed basin, surrounded by russet. 
Flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, buttery, sweet and rich. Decem- 
ber to February. 
Bergamotte Heimbourg. 
Raised by M. Bivort. Tree vigorous and very productive. 
Fruit large, Bergamotte shaped. Skin rough, green, changing to 
lemon yellow when ripe, dotted with brown, and tinged with 
red next the sun. Flesh white, very fine, somewhat buttery, 
juice abundant, sugary, perfumed. Ripe early in October. 
(Gard. Chron.) 
Bergamotte Gaudry. 
Fruit medium, roundish. Stalk long. Colour yellowish- 
green, covered with coarse russet dots. Flesh white, tender, 
